The US administration’s insanity on vaccines continues to have ramifications across the world – it is not that America will miss out on these potential new vaccines. It is that they simply won’t happen at all. (Or at least they’ll be indefinitely delayed.)

we need to stop interviewing people about politics simply because they made a lot of money

Jim Ratcliffe should pay his taxes like the rest of us or shut up.

There was a lovely cute cafe/bar near me that held queer events and was very welcoming to the community. Went in today for the first time in a few months and... all the pride flags are gone?! And there were way more straight men than ever before. Why can't we have nice things etc etc

This is the exact problem All my friends are left-wing but if you mention scrapping the two-child limit or whatever they're like ok but the govt is racist

does Keir know that sometimes people who want jobs... lie?

Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking

Five years ago a dating agency told me people didn't want to date wheelchair users I tweeted the email, it went viral, I quit my job, wrote a book, found community, came out and fell back in love with life. I am grateful for that And - I am also still heartbroken x.com/Lucy_Webster...

The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one. Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.

Why are the stories on Duolingo so weird

I sort of want it to be Ed but I'm not sure my brain could cope with such irrefutable proof that the last decade could have been avoided

I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.

Can we finally stop labelling random men/political advisers 'geniuses' for winning elections they couldn't possibly lose

Starmer et al haven't learned the key lesson from Johnson have they? The curse of Too Little Too Late

Have Keir Starmer’s allies considered…just getting better at their jobs?

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

While the Mandelson affair calls attention to the absolute failure of official vetting for personal appointments by the PM, a reminder that the only country-wide oversight for assisted dying will come from a commissioner... appointed by the PM What could possibly go wrong?

Just your periodic reminder that the assisted dying bill allows doctors to raise the option with anyone, including those who have not so much as hinted at wanting to die, including people with learning disabilities Does that sound extremely safe to you?

I'm a community organiser and anti-ableism writer/campaigner but I was a political reporter which means today my brain is flitting between - booking a venue - creating a guide for community building - trying to work out what happens to assisted dying if Starmer goes - following the Mandelson scandal

Possibly will never recover from my unhinged school's equally unhinged decision to teach a bunch of very depressed teenager girls the entirety of Silvia Plath's work

If he really believed that Keir was what the party/country needed, wouldn't McSweeney resign?

I know I keep saying this but I am fascinated by the cognitive dissonance of people on the left who think Reform could win in 2029 and would pose a real threat to minorities (true) but are still supporting assisted dying Is there perhaps a minority group they don't care about?

Aliya Rahman told ICE “I’m disabled”. Their reply? “Too late”. They smashed her window, cut her seatbelt and violently dragged her from her car. They just beat up a deaf teen for “not following orders” They dragged a blind man across the pavement. Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand.

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

"I had no reason to think he was lying" is a weird take when the man in question is mostly famous for lying

If Starmer goes, does that do enough to take the political wind out of the assisted dying bill's sails?

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

If the best insults you can think of for Trump or ICE or whoever involve comparing them to intellectually disabled or incontinent people (seeing a lot of the latter today), you are not as enlightened as you think you are, sorry

I'm sorry but encouraging people to cosplay disability is not the answer metro.co.uk/2026/02/02/p...

I think people in need of assisted dying legislation have been let down by their advocates. This has been a rushed and damaging process. I’m not sure you can reasonably blame a bill’s opponents for the shortcoming of your own process. It’s all a bit of a sad mess. 7/7

This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.

Baroness Campbell, leading light of the disability rights movement, told the Lords yesterday that a doctor pressured her husband to think about end of life care when she was in hospital with a chest infection. 10 years ago If doctors do it with her, imagine what they try with the most vulnerable

Lots of talk about the Parliament Act but what are the actual chances that the Commons passes the exact same assisted dying bill again? Presumably it would have to come back as a new PMB or a government bill, both of which could look very different? What am I missing?

I'm looking for a new PA which means my brilliant gang of friends and ex-PAs are filling in and once again I am struck that nondisabled adults don't know the incredible love that is being helped to bed and kissed goodnight on the forehead by your best friend Care is a beautiful thing

With all the talk of anti-fascist community building, I wrote about how it’s showing up for the messy, boring, inconvenient stuff that really builds trust and belonging open.substack.com/pub/lucywebs...

This is, tragically, the logical consequence of Donald Trump and the far-right running on "they're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs" while legacy media and the reactionary elite treating the campaign promises of ethnic cleansing as a joke

Labour needs to have the most local of local candidates so I guess they'll parachute someone in from London

His ideas & public views have shifted significantly even in the last 12 months. In March 2025, still argued that Rishi Sunak could be English (national identity) as well as British, without being a member of the English ethnic majority In Oct 2025, he was arguing that Shabana Mahmood could not be

Excited to watch him learn about the many ways twitter is not real life

Why is the Braverman defection the top item on the Ten O'clock News?

If the assisted dying bill was really concerned with choice at the end of life, supporters would want to act on these repeated warnings www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform

never gets old

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

If you're looking to get involved in community organising - hello! welcome! - may I suggest finding your local minority-led group and helping them out? People of colour, disabled people and queer people have been doing this work. We have expertise. You don't need to reinvent the wheel

Can't help but feel Burnham got exactly what he wanted

Desperately hoping an unknowing straight person has Made An Error here

Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance

I'm theoretically all for the Greens but why would Polanski run now? Being able to comment without actually having to vote on anything is surely a huge advantage for him